Text labels in reports

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RedBeard

I have a report I am printing off, but I wish to add some static text
to it.

I have tried both labels and text boxes.

Labels don't show up and text boxes ask for input.

What should I be using?

Thanks.
 
RedBeard said:
I have a report I am printing off, but I wish to add some static text
to it.

I have tried both labels and text boxes.

Labels don't show up and text boxes ask for input.

What should I be using?

Thanks.

I use labels for this purpose without problem. Consider where you are
putting the labels (experiment!) and whether appropriate properties are set?

Phil, London
 
If you use the tool box to add a label, then immediately add some text toit,
it should show up as long as its Visible property is Yes.  If you add alabel
without text I think it will disappear when you click outside of it.  Atext
box should work too.  Its Control Source would be set to something like:
="Report Title"

If you are still having difficulties, describe the steps by which you are
adding the label.

Text box with a ="TEXTGOESHERE" control source worked, couldn't get
labels to show up at all.
 
RedBeard said:
I have a report I am printing off, but I wish to add some static text
to it.
[quoted text clipped - 18 lines]
Text box with a ="TEXTGOESHERE" control source worked, couldn't get
labels to show up at all.

Labels should show up.  Again, if you describe the procedure by which you add
a label it may be possible to identify what is going wrong.

I click the Label button in the ribbon while in design view, draw it,
type in my text and save.

When I run the report, nothing shows.
 
BruceM said:
RedBeard said:
I have a report I am printing off, but I wish to add some static text
to it.
[quoted text clipped - 18 lines]Text box with a ="TEXTGOESHERE" control source worked, couldn't get
labels to show up at all.

Labels should show up. Again, if you describe the procedure by which you add
a label it may be possible to identify what is going wrong.

You can see it design view but not when you run the form? Try giving it
a border, or a back-colour. Any change? Is the property "Visible" set
to true? Did the Text box you added appear with a label (as it normally
would)?

Phil
 
Also make sure that you didn't put it so far to the right that it is out of
the (margin-limited) allowable area of the page. If so it will go onto a
separate (mostly blank) page and thus "disappear" from your desired page.
 
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